A reference file of the names, codes, and populations (via the 2025 5-year ACS) of US Census Bureau metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas that together comprise the core-based statistical areas (CBSAs).
Format
cbsas
A data frame with 935 rows and 7 columns:
- geo_id
The full Census Bureau GEOID of the geography.
- geo_entity_text
The plain text name of the geographic entity.
- pop_acs23_5yr
The estimated total population of the geography from the B01003 table of the 2023 5-year American Community Survey (ACS).
- sum_lev_code
The three-digit summary level code to identify the type of Census geography.
- geo_entity_type_text
The plain text name of the geography level identified in the
sum_lev_codecolumn.- geo_code
The characters after the "US" in the
geo_idthat provide a unique identifier within the specified summary level.- usps_state_abb
The two digit state abbreviation used by the USPS to identify the state. This is a list-column with a vector of multiple state abbreviations if the CBSA spans multiple states.